June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The June 2008 release of Skytap Virtual Lab went live this morning! A list of feature enhancements present in the June 2008 Release is provided below - thanks for your input and requests, many of them got into this release!
-Configuration and Virtual Machine Management
1. Automatic Configuration Timeout
Automatically shut down all of the machines in a Configuration by selecting the Automatic Configuration Timeout checkbox. Your Configuration will shut itself down after 30 minutes of idle time.
2. Improved Published Services
It’s easier to set up the most common Published Services with a new dropdown box highlighting available options.
3. Improved ease-of-use
Options to edit a Virtual Machine’s hardware and network settings are now sited along with your other Virtual Machine controls.
-Virtual Machine Sessions
1. VM Desktop Resize
Virtual Machines’ Desktops now automatically resize when you resize the VM Session Window.
2. VM Full Screen Mode
Virtual Machines can be used in full screen mode to provide a more immersive experience.
3. Hostname Display
Hostnames for individual virtual machines are now displayed alongside VM names to help differentiate the machines in your session.
4. Improved performance
VNC sessions are now routed through a secure proxy for significantly improved performance.
5. Copy and Paste
Windows guests created from new Configurations now support copy and paste from your browser through the Clipboard button. Please see the FAQs in Support for more information on adding this behavior to existing Windows guests.
-Library
1. Improved search relevancy
Searching in the Library has been improved so that it’s easier to find the content you’re looking for.
2. More Filters
Filter content in the Library by hard drive size in order to easily find Virtual Machines with large-enough disk sizes to fit your needs.
3. More labels
We have added new labels to help you better categorize your content in the Library.
4. Improved ease-of-use
It’s now much easier to merge a configuration in the Library with an already running Configuration.
-Asset Management
1. Shared Drive
Share data between yourself and other members of your account with the Shared Drive. This network share can be accessed from the Desktop of your Windows guests and through the SMB share \\gw\shared on Linux guests.
2. Asset Upload without Java
You can now upload assets from your physical hardware or your VM guests without installing Java.